Spicy Beef salad with Plum Dressing

smoke alarm jr's Note:

This wonderful salad won a cook off contest sponsored by Yankee Magazine almost 15 years ago! The spice, the beef, and the plum sauce are so yummy together!

• Total Time: 52 mins
• Prep Time: 40 mins
• Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 2 lbs boneless beef top sirloin steaks
• ½ cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons dry sherry
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 cup sliced green onion
• 1 head lettuce
• 1 dozen cherry tomatoes
• fresh parsley

For dressing

• 1 cup vegetable oil
• ¾ cup plum sauce
• ¾ cup garlic-flavored red wine vinegar
• ½ cup sugar

Directions:

1. slice steak into 1/8" strips.
2. In bowl combine soy sauce, sherry, 2 tsp vegetable oil, cornstarch, brown sugar, red pepper and mix well.
3. Add steak to mixture, cover, refrigerate for 30 minutes.
4. In large skillet, on medium heat, stir fry green onions for 1 minutes.
5. Remove green onions from pan and set aside.
6. Add remaining vegetable oil and on high heat stir fry steak until it just loses pink color.
7. Remove from heat and add to green onions.
8. For the dressing combine all ingredients in a jar and shake very well.
9. Line platter with bite sized pieces of lettuce.
10. Spoon beef mixture over top of lettuce.
11. Garnish with tomatoes and parsley.
12. Serve with plum dressing.